ANZAC STAMPS.
Return o:l Soldiers' Team Work.
ISSUE THTS "MONTH.
Press Association— Copyright. Wellington, To-day.
New Zealand's commemorative Anzac stamps which are-to-be issued on April 27th, are being printed by the Australian Commonwealth,'' note and stamp printing branch, and. the work has been carried 'out in a particular-
ly fitting way. A New Zealand return soldier wa?. osiQciated ,with the. artist in preparing the original design, and the Commonwealth Government printer has informed the Director-General of the Post Qfiiqe (Mr G. McNamara) that every process associated with the production of these stamps has been carried out by returned soldiers. They prepared the, plates . for the distinctive- design, which involved the intaglio engraving, and are also doing the printing. Even the ink-mak-ing was done by a returned soldier.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 102, 8 April 1936, Page 6
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